Last week’s post concerned the farms owned by David Bellis on Hampton Corner Road in Raritan Township. One of them was originally the parsonage farm for the German Reformed Church in Ringoes. Around the corner was a farm known as “Township Farm” on the maps, and the subject of today’s article.
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The Old Lequear Farm
By Marfy Goodspeed in Bellis, Featured, Lequear, Raritan Township No Comments Tags: early settlers, land titles, maps, railroads
As I wrote in my previous post, the farm just east of the Swallow farm was owned by John Lequear in the 18th century. I was delighted to discover the location of his home farm.
Route Not Taken, 6
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Higgins, Raritan Township, Swallow, Thatcher, Trout 3 Comments Tags: Buchanan's Tavern, early settlers, land titles, maps, proprietors, railroads, roads
From Sand Brook to Raritan Township
In this episode of the saga of the unbuilt rail line we travel from Sand Brook into Raritan Township, on our way to Walnut Brook. Here is a detail of the railroad survey map.
A Train Through Sand Brook
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fauss, Featured, Higgins, Holcombe, Moore, Sandbrook, Sine, Sutton No Comments Tags: railroads
Part 6 in the series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company and its proposed route from Prallsville to Flemington.
Kitchen’s Mill
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Kitchen, Rockafellar, Sandbrook 3 Comments Tags: mills
The Mill in Sand Brook
Original version published in “The Bridge,” Fall 2002
This article precedes the next episode in my series on the route of the Delaware Flemington Railroad, a rail line that was surveyed, but never built. It was planned to run right through the village of Sand Brook, very close to the old mill.
Route Not Taken, 3
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Featured, Fisher, Fulper, Gordon, Green, Lake, Moore, Sergeantsville 1 Comment Tags: railroads
The Route Not Taken, part one
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Fisher, Hunt, Rake No Comments Tags: railroads
This is part three of my series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company. Part One was an article by Egbert T. Bush describing the birth and death of the company. Part Two described the reasons for the company’s failure and how its directors fared afterwards. This article will focus on the route that was planned for the new rail line.1
The Railroad That Wasn’t Built
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Featured, Historians Revisited, Prallsville 1 Comment Tags: railroads
This article by Egbert T. Bush caught my attention because it is reminiscent of PennEast’s attempt to dig a pipeline across Delaware Township and other parts of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. The big difference here is that many landowners along the proposed route of this railroad supported it because they expected real benefits, whereas PennEast’s pipeline is likely to do more harm than good.